Start or Sit These Players on Monday Night to Win Week 8 Fantasy

I will be with you every step of the way with recommendations on who to start and who to sit for every Monday Night Football matchup. With out further ado, let’s make the moves required to wrap up your Week 7 victory.

Quarterback

Start or Sit These Players on Monday Night to Win Week 8 Fantasy

Daniel Jones – New York Giants

Through four weeks of the 2021 season, it appeared that Daniel Jones was taking the next step towards becoming a dependable Fantasy Football starting QB. Jones was sitting at QB6 overall, and in three of his four contests he topped 20 points. The reason for his success, he was running the football, and not running it over. In this quartet of games, Jones ran for 188 yards, (47/game), and a pair of scores, which throwing one pick and losing one fumble. Entering 2021, Jones had averaged 27 rushing yards per game and had turned the ball over 40 times in 26 starts, (1.54/game).

In Week 5 he was concussed and finished with 4.82 points. Jones followed that one up with a 7.08 point outing. He bounced back in Week 7 posting 17.52 points in the win over Carolina. Week 6 Jones threw three picks and lost a fumble, in a game that I don’t believe he should have been active for. Week 7 was clean and he added 28 rushing yards.

Its a rather obvious statement to make, but Daniel Jones is best when he isn’t turning over the football. In other news water is wet, and fire is hot.

Each week this season we have been forced to wait (sometimes until game time), to determine who is suiting up as Jones’ weapons. Week 8 is no different. So after all that I suggest you start Daniel Jones this week. KC has yielded 24.4 points per game to opposing QBs this season including 34 yards rushing and 4 total QB rushing scores.

Patrick Mahomes – Kansas City Chiefs

Start Patrick Mahomes, wash, rinse, and repeat. When the Chiefs take the field and Mahomes is active, you start him period.

I understand that Patrick Mahomes Fantasy Managers have a bad taste in their mouth after last week’s 8.74 point outing. His owners likely are not overly thrilled with his current QB5 standing either. The reality is that Mahomes is struggling this season to maintain the expectations he has set for himself with his play in previous seasons. Before we go totally off the rails here it is important to note he is averaging 24.31 points per game in 4pt/passing TD scoring leagues.

The concern if there can be any is, his offensive line is terrible, and he is throwing interceptions at a rate never seen before. Adding to this his defense is one of the worst in the league. To say Mahomes is pressing in order to try to offset his accommodating defense is an understatement. In his three full seasons as the Chiefs starting QB, Mahomes has averaged 2.53 touchdowns, .51 interceptions, and 1.44 sacks a game. In 7 games this season, his numbers are 2.57 touchdowns, 1.28 picks, and 2 sacks a game. Mahomes is on pace for 44 touchdowns, 22 picks and 34 sacks.

The good news is Mahomes’ offensive line has forced him to run more this season, (often for his life). In his three full seasons he averaged 18 rushing yards a game. In 2021 he is rushing on average 31 yards a game. Mahomes after seven weeks is 89 yards shy of his career high of 308 set last season. Start Patrick Mahomes with as much confidence as one can have, the 8.74 point outings are not happening again anytime soon

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